SWEARING IN - Joseph D. Carver receives the oath as he is formally sworn in
as Raeford Postmaster by G. W. Hoge, Sectional Center Manager. Carver also
received a certificate signed by the Postmaster General.
General Fund Receipts Down
Net General Fund collections for
June amounted to $74.4 million, a
decrease of $8.1 million over last
year, state revenue officials reported.
Net collections for fiscal 1974-75
were $1.4522 billion, compared with
$1.3593 billion for 1973-74, an
increase of 6.84%.
June net highway fund collections
amounted to $29.8 million, a
decrease of 2.83% over last June.
Gasoline tax receipts totaled S23.S
million, a decrease of 1.30% over last
year's period.
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Area Incidents
Man Charged In Shooting
A county man was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill in connection with the
shooting of a Rt. 1, Red Springs
woman last Thursday, according to a
report filed by sheriffs deputies.
Tracy Slate sustained a gunshot
wound at her home about 7 a.m. and
was taken to a hospital, according to
the report.
David Goins, also of Rt. 1, Red
Springs, was charged with the
shooting.
In other incidents, Goodwin's
Grocery, Rt. 1, Aberdeen, reported a
break-in Thursday night and listed as
stolen are watches, beer, wine, cash,
and other items worth $480.
Herman Chavls, Rt. 4, Red
Springs, complained his home was
burglarized Sunday and a .22 caliber
pistol was stolen.
diaries W. Dial, Rt. 1, Shannon,
reported a break-in last Tuesday in
which a 16 guage diotgun, cash,
cigarets, and other Items worth S218
were taken.
Fred E. English, Rt. 2, Raeford,
complained a small amount of cash
and food items were stolen in a
break-in last Tuesday.
Attempted burglaries were
reported last week at the Rockfish
Store in Rockfish and the Beanny
Weanny store In the Davis Bridge
area. Money was stolen from two pay
telephones.
The Holy Spirit is in the headlines
once again. Some Christians speak of
the Holy Spirit as if he were a rather
recent discovery. For others, it is not
only a recent discovery, but a
parochial one as well.
Many Christians today are in the
position of the little boy who
charged the kids in the neighborhood
to come into his backyard to see the
eclipse! This same "backyard"
mentality is to be found with many
religious groups today. They speak of
the Holy Spirit as if he were a
personal possession, limited to
followers of one sect or cult.
The implication is often very
simple: "I've got the Spirit; you do
not." So. how do we know if we've
"got the Spirit?"
First of all. the above question is
all wrong. It is not so much a matter
of who's got the Spirit, but whom
does the Spirit have? We do not "get
the Spirit," so much as the Spirit
"gets" us. We cannot control the
Spirit of God, we cannot manipulate
the Spirit's presence or performance.
This is what Jesus told Nicodemus:
"The wind blows where it wills, and
you hear the sound of it, but you do
not known whence it comes, or
wither it goes: so it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit" (John
3:8).
I am always rather skeptical of
those who sound as if the Spirit were
under their beck and call.
Secondly, the Spirit is not
narrowly confined to the chosen few.
The Bible makes it clear that God's
Spirit can be found at work in all
men, even when they do not
recognize or acknowledge the Spirit's
presence. The Holy Spirit is the
presence of God at work within us
and there is no one on the face of
this earth who is without God's Holy
Spirit.
Much more to the point is, not
whether we all have God's Spirit in
us, but whether we respond to that
presence within. As Paul puts it in
Galatians. "walk by the Spirit"
(5:16). We may have the Spirit
within us, but totally ignore the
guidance he would give us. Or, we
may allow die Spirit to help us in
times of need. Paul assures us that
"the Spirit helps us in our weakness"
(Romans 8:26) and "intercedes for
the saints according to the will of
God" (8:27).
Finally, the real proof of who's
got the Spirit is to be found, not in
doctrines, nor in demonstrations or
prowess, but in the practical results
found in our lives. "By their fruits
shall you know them," said Jesus and
when he himself was accused of
working miracles by the power of
Satan, he pointed to the results of his
ministry as the verification of the
work of die Holy Spirit within him.
If he defeated the powers of Satan
with his works of healing, let no one
call the power by which he did these
things the "power of Satan." That
would be the worst blasphemy of all.
So, how do you know who's got
the Spirit? Paul makes it clear:
"...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control"
(Galatians 5:22). Let no one claim
that he has the Spirit, until he has
also those fruits in his life.
Income Limit
For FmHa
Loans Raised
A new development in the Rural
Housing Program administered by
Farmers Home Administration wijl
enable the agency to make loans to
families with higher incomes, the
FmHa office announced.
Effective immediately loans can be
made to families with maximum
adjusted income of $ 12,900.
Adjusted income is determined by
deducting from gross income a
standard allowance of 5% of gross,
plus $300 deducted for each minor
in the household.
Loans are made to families who
cannot obtain credit at reasonable
rates and terms from other lenders.
Families who are interested in
applying for assistance should call
875-2645, or visit the office in the
federal building on W. Elwood
Avenue.
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It is not surprising that now nearly
30 percent of the nation's
households own dishwashers, when
you consider the savings in time and
effort, the reduced didi breakage,
and the fact that automatic
dishwashers-used with dishwasher
detergent-sanitize dishes far better
than hand dishwashing.
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Pam Williams
Anne Edvalson
Two Join Library
The Sandhill Regional Library
System has announced the
appointment of two new members to
their staff.
Mrs. Pamela Williams has joined as
a new and returning librarian and her
job will be to help supplement and
expand Regional programs for
patrons of all ages. She was
employed as children's librarian of
the system for 1967-1973.
Mrs. Williams is joined by Mrs.
Anne Hdvalson, who was named
coordinator of services. She will
supervise special projects, including
the outreach project funded by the
Division of State Library and the
North Carolina Department of
Cultural Resources, and the
homebound services project funded
by the North Carolina Humanities
Committee.
She will also be responsible for
coordinating reference and other
library services throughout the
region. Mrs. Edvalson was formerly
branch librarian at the ReidsviUe
branch of the Rockingham County
Public Library.
Deaths And Funerals
John F. Nicholson
Funeral services for John Frank
Nicholson of Raeford were
conducted Friday at 3 pan. at
Raeford Presbyterian Church. Rev.
John C. Ropp officiated. Burial was
in Raeford Cemetery.
Nicholson, 46, was sales manager
for Raeford Auto Company. He was
a member of the board of deacons of
Raeford Presbyterian Church, and a
long-time resident of the community.
Surviving are his wife, Jessie
Winstead Nicholson; his father
Marion P. Nicholson, of Mebane; two
sons, John Nicholson, Jr., of
Laurinburg, and Bryce Nicholson, of
the home; a brother, Dr. Marion P.
Nicholson, Jr., of Winston-Salem;
and four sisters, Mrs. WJE. Cook, of
Burlington, Mrs. Keyston Young and
Mrs. WUlard Smith, both of Mebane,
and Mrs. Tommy Blanch aid of North
Dakota.
Pallbearers were N.A. McDonald,
T.B. Upchurch, Hugh Lowe, Robert
Gatlin, Randall Ashburn, Henry
Bullard, Ralph Barnhart, and N.L.
McFadyen.
Othor B. Tew
Funeral services for Othor B. Tew
were conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. in
Coble Funeral Home Chapel in
Wilmington. Burial was in Oleander
Memorial Gardens.
Tew, 59, died July 17.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Agnes
H. Tew; three daughters, Mrs. Jessie
Riley of Raeford, Miss Edna Pringle
and Mrs. Jean Atkinson of
Wilmington; and seven grandchildren.
N.C. FOREST LAND
North Carolina has about 5 million
acres of forest land, or about 1.4
million less than I the acreage of
cropland.
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